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2006 California State Controller election

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2006 California State Controller election
← 2002 November 7, 2006 2010 →
  John Chiang 2007.jpg Tony Strickland (2).jpg
Nominee John Chiang Tony Strickland
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 4,232,313 3,360,611
Percentage 50.6% 40.2%
2006 California State Controller election results map by county.svg
County results
Chiang:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Strickland:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%
Controller before election

Steve Westly
Democratic

Elected Controller

John Chiang
Democratic

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The 2006 California State Controller election occurred on November 7, 2006. The primary elections took place on June 6, 2006. Board of Equalization Chair John Chiang, the Democratic nominee, defeated the Republican nominee, Assemblyman Tony Strickland, for the office previously held by Democrat Steve Westly, who ran for governor.

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California State Controller

California State Controller

The state controller of California is a constitutional office in the executive branch of the government of the U.S. state of California. Thirty-three individuals have held the office of state controller since statehood. The incumbent is Malia Cohen, a Democrat. The state controller's main office is located at 300 Capitol Mall in Sacramento.

John Chiang (California politician)

John Chiang (California politician)

John Chiang is an American politician who served as the 33rd Treasurer of California from 2015 to 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the 31st Controller of California from 2007 to 2015 and on the California State Board of Equalization from 1997 to 2007.

California Democratic Party

California Democratic Party

The California Democratic Party is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the U.S. state of California. It is headquartered in Sacramento.

California Republican Party

California Republican Party

The California Republican Party (CAGOP) is the affiliate of the United States Republican Party in the U.S. state of California. The party is based in Sacramento and is led by chair Jessica Millan Patterson.

California State Assembly

California State Assembly

The California State Assembly is the lower house of the California State Legislature, the upper house being the California State Senate. The Assembly convenes, along with the State Senate, at the California State Capitol in Sacramento.

Tony Strickland

Tony Strickland

Anthony A. "Tony" Strickland is an American politician. He was voted mayor of Huntington Beach by the Huntington Beach City Council in December 2022. He is a former California State Senator who represented the 19th District from 2008-2012. Strickland is a member of the Republican Party and a former Assemblyman, representing the 37th District from 1998 to 2004. He is the President and CEO of Strong America, an advocacy group and PAC.

Steve Westly

Steve Westly

Steven Paul Westly is an American venture capitalist, entrepreneur, educator, and politician. He was the State Controller of California from 2003 to 2007 and was one of the top candidates in the Democratic primary for Governor of California in the 2006 election. He was defeated in the Democratic primary by California State Treasurer Phil Angelides, who later lost to Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in the November 2006 elections.

Primary results

A bar graph of statewide results in this contest are available at https://web.archive.org/web/20070517222238/http://primary2006.ss.ca.gov/Returns/ctl/00.htm.

Results by county are available here and here.

Democratic

California State Controller Democratic primary, 2006
Candidate Votes %
John Chiang 1,157,760 53.30
Joe Dunn 1,014,451 46.70
Total votes 2,172,211 100.00

Republican

California State Controller Republican primary, 2006
Candidate Votes %
Tony Strickland 689,071 40.67
Abel Maldonado 626,559 37.98
Jim Stieringer 210,691 12.43
Bret Davis 91,760 5.42
David Harris 76,310 4.50
Total votes 1,694,391 100.00

Others

California State Controller primary, 2006 (Others)
Party Candidate Votes %
Green Laura Wells 32,092 100.00
American Independent Warren Campbell 30,632 100.00
Libertarian Donna Tello 16,700 100.00
Peace and Freedom Elizabeth Cervantes Barron 4,047 100.00

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John Chiang (California politician)

John Chiang (California politician)

John Chiang is an American politician who served as the 33rd Treasurer of California from 2015 to 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the 31st Controller of California from 2007 to 2015 and on the California State Board of Equalization from 1997 to 2007.

Tony Strickland

Tony Strickland

Anthony A. "Tony" Strickland is an American politician. He was voted mayor of Huntington Beach by the Huntington Beach City Council in December 2022. He is a former California State Senator who represented the 19th District from 2008-2012. Strickland is a member of the Republican Party and a former Assemblyman, representing the 37th District from 1998 to 2004. He is the President and CEO of Strong America, an advocacy group and PAC.

Abel Maldonado

Abel Maldonado

Abel O. Maldonado Jr. is an American politician who served as the 48th lieutenant governor of California from April 27, 2010 to January 10, 2011. As of 2023, he is the last Republican to serve as lieutenant governor of California.

Green Party of California

Green Party of California

The Green Party of California (GPCA) is a California political party. The party is led by a coordinating committee, and decisions are ultimately made by general assemblies. The GPCA is affiliated with the Green Party of the United States (GPUS).

Laura Wells

Laura Wells

Laura Wells is an American political activist and financial and business analyst. She is a former candidate for U.S. Representative for California's 13th congressional district in the November 2018 election and the Green Party in the 2010 governor's race in California. She supports making significant changes to Proposition 13 and to the current super-majority voting rule in the Sacramento legislature. In 2002 she garnered nearly a half million votes in her run for California state controller. At the last 2010 gubernatorial debate in California, which excluded all third party candidates, Wells was arrested upon attempting to enter the building to watch the debate.

American Independent Party

American Independent Party

The American Independent Party (AIP) is a far-right political party in the United States that was established in 1967. The AIP is best known for its nomination of former Democratic Governor George Wallace of Alabama, who carried five states in the 1968 presidential election running on a populist, hardline anti-Communist, pro-"law and order" platform, appealing to working-class white voters and widely understood by political analysts as having pro-segregationist or white supremacist undertones, against Richard Nixon and Hubert Humphrey. In 1976, the party split into the modern American Independent Party and the American Party. From 1992 until 2008, the party was the California affiliate of the national Constitution Party. Its exit from the Constitution Party led to a leadership dispute during the 2016 election.

Libertarian Party of California

Libertarian Party of California

The Libertarian Party of California (LPC) is the California affiliate of the national Libertarian Party (LP). The party chairwoman is Mimi Robson, and is based in Sacramento, California, in Sacramento County. As of 2016 Libertarians represent approximately 0.7% of the state's registered voters.

Elizabeth Cervantes Barron

Elizabeth Cervantes Barron

Elizabeth Cervantes Barron was a frequent candidate for political offices on the Peace and Freedom Party ticket.

Results

California State Controller election, 2006[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John Chiang 4,232,313 50.62
Republican Tony Strickland 3,360,611 40.19
Green Laura Wells 260,047 3.11
Peace and Freedom Elizabeth Cervantes Barron 212,383 2.54
Libertarian Donna Tello 188,934 2.26
American Independent Warren Campbell 106,761 1.28
Invalid or blank votes 538,010 6.05
Total votes 8,361,049 100.00
Turnout   39.29
Democratic hold

Results by county

Results from the Secretary of State of California:[1]

County Chiang Votes Strickland Votes Wells Votes Tello Votes Barron Votes Campbell Votes
San Francisco 74.4% 171,170 13.6% 31,265 6.7% 15,288 2.3% 5,436 2.2% 5,184 0.8% 1,914
Alameda 69.2% 270,660 21.1% 82,330 5.1% 20,048 1.9% 7,448 1.8% 7,401 0.9% 3,652
Marin 64.6% 64,585 26.2% 26,160 5.0% 4,952 1.5% 1,540 2.2% 2,282 0.5% 549
Santa Cruz 62.5% 53,633 24.9% 21,362 6.3% 5,398 2.4% 2,068 2.8% 2,429 1.1% 987
San Mateo 61.9% 120,634 28.2% 54,876 4.1% 7,865 2.6% 5,149 2.2% 4,374 1.0% 2,088
Yolo 60.1% 31,636 32.4% 17,017 3.7% 1,951 1.7% 914 1.5% 821 0.6% 338
Sonoma 59.5% 99,046 28.9% 48,153 5.3% 8,735 2.8% 4,672 2.5% 4,297 1.0% 1,797
Los Angeles 57.6% 1,089,306 32.9% 621,387 2.8% 53,797 3.4% 63,723 2.1% 41,583 1.2% 23,669
Santa Clara 57.1% 233,076 32.5% 132,570 3.9% 15,887 2.2% 9,116 2.9% 12,015 1.4% 5,850
Contra Costa 57.0% 165,894 35.3% 102,723 3.1% 9,012 1.5% 4,642 1.9% 5,604 1.2% 3,522
Solano 56.6% 57,241 35.8% 36,158 2.6% 2,551 1.9% 1,966 1.8% 1,921 1.3% 1,343
Mendocino 55.0% 16,264 29.5% 8,709 7.8% 2,306 3.1% 933 3.1% 924 1.5% 462
Monterey 54.0% 46,017 36.0% 30,722 3.6% 3,037 2.4% 2,125 2.4% 2,051 1.6% 1,409
Napa 53.2% 21,710 36.4% 14,859 4.1% 1,700 2.5% 1,046 2.5% 1,025 1.3% 544
Imperial 51.8% 11,234 34.3% 7,441 2.3% 513 7.1% 1,549 2.4% 523 2.1% 459
Sacramento 51.8% 181,890 41.3% 144,901 2.6% 8,806 1.5% 5,539 1.7% 6,161 1.1% 4,079
Humboldt 49.7% 23,001 35.3% 16,335 8.1% 3,733 2.7% 1,274 2.9% 1,334 1.3% 612
Lake 49.6% 9,344 38.5% 7,248 4.4% 816 3.1% 600 2.6% 493 1.8% 346
San Diego 48.4% 362,343 44.7% 334,607 2.1% 15,917 1.8% 13,679 2.1% 16,106 0.9% 7,296
San Joaquin 48.2% 65,203 43.5% 58,840 2.1% 2,949 2.9% 3,903 1.9% 2,687 1.4% 1,934
Alpine 47.6% 238 40.6% 203 4.6% 23 2.3% 12 3.4% 17 1.5% 8
Merced 47.1% 19,263 45.1% 18,418 1.7% 707 3.2% 1,281 1.8% 772 1.1% 486
San Benito 46.8% 6,479 41.6% 5,760 3.3% 471 3.8% 526 2.7% 379 1.8% 253
Stanislaus 46.5% 47,275 46.6% 47,371 1.6% 1,713 2.5% 2,536 1.5% 1,599 1.3% 1,349
Santa Barbara 44.0% 50,931 45.2% 52,228 3.9% 4,500 2.6% 3,017 3.1% 3,686 1.2% 1,410
Nevada 43.7% 18,223 48.1% 20,062 4.2% 1,767 1.1% 472 2.3% 966 0.6% 284
Fresno 43.7% 74,781 48.8% 83,517 1.9% 3,301 2.9% 4,872 1.8% 3,245 0.9% 1,589
Del Norte 42.6% 2,774 46.8% 3,046 3.4% 225 2.2% 145 2.7% 180 2.3% 150
Ventura 41.3% 88,769 51.3% 110,132 2.3% 5,012 1.9% 4,219 2.3% 4,995 0.9% 1,944
Mono 40.9% 1,485 47.5% 1,726 4.4% 159 2.3% 85 3.8% 139 1.1% 42
Tuolumne 40.7% 8,388 51.5% 10,622 2.9% 592 1.6% 346 2.0% 426 1.3% 274
San Bernardino 40.4% 134,620 49.6% 165,498 2.4% 8,147 3.2% 10,615 2.5% 8,384 1.9% 6,477
Amador 40.2% 5,860 52.4% 7,649 2.8% 405 1.1% 166 1.9% 280 1.6% 239
Mariposa 40.0% 2,989 51.8% 3,868 3.2% 237 1.4% 109 2.1% 161 1.5% 113
Trinity 39.9% 2,219 45.9% 2,554 5.8% 326 2.8% 157 4.1% 230 1.5% 86
San Luis Obispo 39.8% 36,817 51.6% 47,712 3.5% 3,172 1.6% 1,507 2.3% 2,180 1.2% 1,159
Plumas 39.6% 3,417 52.9% 4,573 2.8% 236 1.3% 121 2.0% 176 1.4% 122
Calaveras 39.4% 6,884 51.5% 9,010 3.2% 551 1.7% 310 2.7% 473 1.5% 271
Butte 39.2% 26,252 50.1% 33,587 4.1% 2,735 2.2% 1,537 2.6% 1,734 1.8% 1,219
Riverside 39.1% 145,586 52.0% 193,518 2.3% 8,635 2.8% 10,397 2.2% 8,538 1.6% 6,051
Kings 38.7% 8,711 55.1% 12,410 1.3% 307 2.3% 496 1.3% 306 1.3% 297
Siskiyou 38.0% 6,138 52.9% 8,542 2.8% 469 1.5% 254 3.0% 474 1.8% 297
El Dorado 38.0% 25,016 54.7% 36,005 3.1% 2,012 1.0% 710 2.2% 1,449 1.0% 715
Placer 37.8% 45,028 55.2% 65,781 2.5% 2,995 1.4% 1,684 2.0% 2,498 1.1% 1,364
Kern 37.7% 55,538 54.6% 80,558 1.7% 2,523 2.5% 3,627 1.8% 2,773 1.7% 2,644
Colusa 37.6% 1,794 55.8% 2,667 1.5% 73 2.0% 97 1.3% 63 1.8% 90
Tulare 37.3% 25,288 56.5% 38,351 1.6% 1,109 1.8% 1,268 1.3% 908 1.5% 1,031
Madera 36.8% 10,844 55.9% 16,498 1.9% 554 2.4% 691 1.7% 520 1.3% 412
Sierra 35.4% 553 53.4% 834 4.6% 71 1.5% 25 4.1% 63 1.0% 17
Inyo 35.2% 2,196 54.0% 3,367 4.4% 271 2.0% 129 2.9% 177 1.5% 99
Yuba 35.1% 4,784 54.9% 7,477 3.0% 407 2.0% 273 2.4% 339 2.6% 356
Sutter 35.0% 8,130 57.8% 13,407 1.7% 417 2.2% 505 1.8% 422 1.5% 351
Orange 33.1% 231,448 57.2% 400,206 2.6% 18,271 3.0% 20,999 2.6% 18,784 1.5% 10,702
Tehama 32.3% 5,691 58.4% 10,297 2.4% 424 2.4% 433 2.2% 406 2.3% 410
Shasta 31.7% 18,087 59.6% 34,073 2.4% 1,413 1.7% 1,020 2.6% 1,431 2.0% 1,193
Glenn 31.5% 2,292 60.3% 4,388 1.9% 140 2.4% 172 1.9% 143 2.0% 153
Lassen 31.4% 2,624 57.9% 4,849 3.6% 298 1.9% 163 3.1% 267 2.1% 180
Modoc 28.1% 1,014 60.5% 2,184 3.3% 118 2.3% 85 3.8% 136 2.0% 74

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The California Democratic Party is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the U.S. state of California. It is headquartered in Sacramento.

John Chiang (California politician)

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John Chiang is an American politician who served as the 33rd Treasurer of California from 2015 to 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the 31st Controller of California from 2007 to 2015 and on the California State Board of Equalization from 1997 to 2007.

California Republican Party

California Republican Party

The California Republican Party (CAGOP) is the affiliate of the United States Republican Party in the U.S. state of California. The party is based in Sacramento and is led by chair Jessica Millan Patterson.

Green Party of California

Green Party of California

The Green Party of California (GPCA) is a California political party. The party is led by a coordinating committee, and decisions are ultimately made by general assemblies. The GPCA is affiliated with the Green Party of the United States (GPUS).

Laura Wells

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Laura Wells is an American political activist and financial and business analyst. She is a former candidate for U.S. Representative for California's 13th congressional district in the November 2018 election and the Green Party in the 2010 governor's race in California. She supports making significant changes to Proposition 13 and to the current super-majority voting rule in the Sacramento legislature. In 2002 she garnered nearly a half million votes in her run for California state controller. At the last 2010 gubernatorial debate in California, which excluded all third party candidates, Wells was arrested upon attempting to enter the building to watch the debate.

Elizabeth Cervantes Barron

Elizabeth Cervantes Barron

Elizabeth Cervantes Barron was a frequent candidate for political offices on the Peace and Freedom Party ticket.

Libertarian Party of California

Libertarian Party of California

The Libertarian Party of California (LPC) is the California affiliate of the national Libertarian Party (LP). The party chairwoman is Mimi Robson, and is based in Sacramento, California, in Sacramento County. As of 2016 Libertarians represent approximately 0.7% of the state's registered voters.

American Independent Party

American Independent Party

The American Independent Party (AIP) is a far-right political party in the United States that was established in 1967. The AIP is best known for its nomination of former Democratic Governor George Wallace of Alabama, who carried five states in the 1968 presidential election running on a populist, hardline anti-Communist, pro-"law and order" platform, appealing to working-class white voters and widely understood by political analysts as having pro-segregationist or white supremacist undertones, against Richard Nixon and Hubert Humphrey. In 1976, the party split into the modern American Independent Party and the American Party. From 1992 until 2008, the party was the California affiliate of the national Constitution Party. Its exit from the Constitution Party led to a leadership dispute during the 2016 election.

Secretary of State of California

Secretary of State of California

The secretary of state of California is the chief clerk of the U.S. state of California, overseeing a department of 500 people. The secretary of state is elected for four year terms, like the state's other constitutional officers; the officeholder is restricted by term limits to two terms. The current secretary of state is Shirley Weber, who assumed the role following the resignation of Alex Padilla, who was appointed to become the U.S. Senator for California following Kamala Harris' resignation to become the Vice President of the United States.

Alameda County, California

Alameda County, California

Alameda County is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,682,353, making it the 7th-most populous county in the state and 21st most populous nationally. The county seat is Oakland. Alameda County is in the San Francisco Bay Area, occupying much of the East Bay region.

Marin County, California

Marin County, California

Marin County is a county located in the northwestern part of the San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 262,231. Its county seat and largest city is San Rafael. Marin County is across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco, and is included in the San Francisco–Oakland–Berkeley, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Santa Cruz County, California

Santa Cruz County, California

Santa Cruz County, officially the County of Santa Cruz, is a county on the Pacific coast of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 270,861. The county seat is Santa Cruz. Santa Cruz County comprises the Santa Cruz–Watsonville, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the San Jose–San Francisco–Oakland, CA Combined Statistical Area. The county is on the California Central Coast, south of the San Francisco Bay Area region. The county forms the northern coast of the Monterey Bay, with Monterey County forming the southern coast.

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  1. ^ a b "Secretary of State" (PDF). Secretary of State of California. 2006-12-16. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-07-17. Retrieved 2008-07-16.
  2. ^ "Registration and Participation" (PDF). Secretary of State of California. 2006-12-18. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-07-17. Retrieved 2008-07-16.
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